Delhi Police Crackdown on ₹254 Crore Fraud Network

• The Delhi police team has arrested 42 suspects under Operation CyHawk. By doing this, they managed to uncover a fraud network responsible for over ₹254 crore in cybercrime losses.
• The investigations done led to the arrest of three key operators, including the mastermind Ravi Kumar Singh.

The police in southwest Delhi have arrested 42 people as part of an investigation into a fraud scheme. The arrests were made during a special operation called Operation CyHawk, which targeted several interstate fraud networks.

Based on the details shared, these groups involved themselves in scams that caused victims to lose more than ₹254 crore. And during the raids, the police registered 23 FIRs and linked about 377 different complaints from the National Cybercrime Reporting Portal (NCRP) to the accused individuals.

How the Police Uncovered the Fraud Scheme

The news was covered by The Hindu, a local news outlet, and according to the extensive reports that were shared, it was discovered that the investigators made use of technical analysis from the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C) to track suspicious activity in four private bank accounts in Kishangarh.

These accounts helped to track the suspects as they were linked to fraud cases in Kolkata and Mumbai. By doing this, the police were about to arrest Asgar Ali (23 years old) and Ankit Singh (26 years old), the two who were allegedly supplying mule accounts. After arresting and questioning them, the police were able to get hold of the suspected mastermind, Ravi Kumar Singh, and he was caught after the police tried to catch him for a week.

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The police shared that Ravi ran a number of fraudulent call centers in Noida and Kotla Mubarakpur. By doing that, he was able to draw in victims by posting fake job ads for positions in private airlines. Not only that, but after he must have managed to deceive his victims, he then proceeds to move the money he must have stolen through a mule account with the help of another accused, Ravi Mishra.

Not only did he make use of mule accounts, but the police also managed to discover another bank account that was linked to a man named Rajesh Kumar that was used to withdraw money linked to at least six NCRP complaints.

So far, the officers have recovered a number of items and tools that were used in carrying out the scam. Some of which include three laptops, two desktop computers, 43 mobile phones, 17 bank passbooks, two checkbooks, 14 debit cards, and about ₹1.6 lakh in cash.

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